PEOPLE SHOULD FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS & STAY INDOORS: DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

26 MORE PATIENTS GET CURED IN DISTRICT LUDHIANA TODAY

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Ludhiana, June 20: Deputy Commissioner Mr Varinder Sharma today informed that under the “Mission Fateh” of the Punjab government, the number of COVID 19 patients getting cured in district Ludhiana is increasing with each passing day. He informed that 26 more patients have been declared cured in last 24 hours. He said that till now, the total number of patients discharged from hospital has reached 283. Besides, 14 more positive cases have been reported in the district.

He further said that till date, a total of 23919 samples have been taken, out of which report of 22620 samples has been received, of 21964 samples is negative and report of 1299 samples is pending. He said that now, the total number of patients related to Ludhiana is 505, while 151 patients are related to other districts/states.

He said that unfortunately 14 people from Ludhiana and 13 from other districts have lost their lives. He said that 283 patients related to district Ludhiana have been discharged from hospital after treatment.

He informed that till date, 11577 persons have been kept under home quarantine in the district and at present, the number of such persons is 3677. Today, 184 persons were sent for home quarantine.

He said that whenever District Administration and Health Department Ludhiana finds out that about any positive or suspected COVID 19 person, their samples are immediately sent for testing. Similarly, 1142 samples of suspected patients were sent for testing today and their results are expected shortly.